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Sunset is a mixed blessing for nearly 25,000 displaced people who live in Bariga settlement in Bossaso, northern Somalia. The night brings relief from the day’s sweltering heat, when temperatures can reach 48 degrees. But darkness also brings its share of uncertainties, especially among households...

Jawle camp lies on a windswept plain north of the town of Garowe, in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland. Some 1,500 displaced families from all over the country live in temporary shelters at the camp. Many have travelled great distances to escape conflict or severe food shortages in their...

Zara Ahmed is worried. The youngest of her seven children, 10-month-old Nayle Kelifa, has not been eating well, and has lost a lot of weight.
Drought has come to Zara’s village, Fedis, and is delaying the production of corn, peanuts, cabbage and potatoes. She would buy food from the market instead,...

One hundred days after famine was declared in parts of southern Somalia, humanitarian agencies have reached more than half of the four million people who urgently need help.
But after months of drought, agencies are now struggling to tackle a rise in cholera and other water-borne diseases due to seasonal...